Biography
James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid the draft. During that time, he began his career as a solo artist. His highest-charting recordings were "Yankee Lady" in 1970 and "Say What" in 1981. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973, gained amnesty in the U.S. in 1977 and settled in Memphis, Tennessee in 2002. Winchester's songs were recorded by Patti Page, Elvis Costello, Brewer & Shipley, Jimmy Buffett, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, Anne Murray, The Weather Girls, Reba McEntire, the Everly Brothers, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Gary Allan, Willie Nelson, Jennifer Warnes, The Mavericks, Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Stanley. Some of these recordings achieved chart positions.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
1977
King Of America
1986
Garcia
1974
Nicolette
1978
Blessed Are...
1971
Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town
1978
Seasons Of The Heart
1982
Havaña Daydreamin'
1976
First Base
1972
Ridin' High
1975
Hits / Greatest & Others
1973
Elvis Costello's Kojak Variety
1995
Rumor Has It
1990
I'll Always Love You
1979
Some Days You Eat The Bear And Some Days The Bear Eats You
1974
Ramble In Music City: The Lost Concert
2021
This Is Where I Live
2016
Spyboy
1998
The Next Hundred Years
1994
Tell Me Why
1993
Hangin' Tough
1987
Barren County
1979
Stealin' Home
1978
Nothing But A Breeze
1977
Credited work
1,559 releases · 251 albums · active 1970–2025
- Performance · 2,222
- Production · 72
- Other credits · 18
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Quadrafonic Sound Studios · Enactron Truck · Criteria Recording Studios · EMI Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Joan Baez
- Jimmy Buffett
- Emmylou Harris
- Nicolette Larson
- Ian Matthews
- The Mavericks
- Babe Ruth